Carpenter&#39;s gage.



J. DICK.

CARPBNTBR'S GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1913.

1,1 14,736. Patented 0013.27, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO.,PH0ro-.ln1n. WASHINGTON. D. C.

` UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

JAMES DICK, 0F FLUSI-IING, YORK.

CARPENTERS GAGE. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all 'whom t may concern y Be it known that I, JAMES DICK, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and a resident of Flushing, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have inventedy certain new and usefuly Improvements in Carpenters Gages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carpenters gages, more particularly to devices for marking the doors and jambs to indicate the position at which the hinges are attached.

One object of this invention is to provide aL device of this character which marks the door and jamb simultaneously to indicate the longitudinal position of the respective butts.

Another object is to'provide a device of this character whereby the width of the butt may be indicated upon the door and jamb, so as to completely lay out the space to be gouged out without necessitating any fitting.

The various further objects and advan. tages accruing` therefrom will'more fully appear from the detailed description and the features of novelty will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrating this invention, Figure 1 is an lelevation of my iInproved device shown as applied tothe j amb of a door. Fig. 2 is a section taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1, illustrating` the position the device assumes between the door and the jamb.v Fig. 3 is a side view of my improved device shown detached. Fig. l is a detail elevation and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the cutter. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the marking blade. j

Referring in detail to the drawings, the improved gage comprises a frame composed of side strips 10 and 11, spaced by the end pieces 12 and 13 and the intermediate piece 14, thus forming the tracks 15 and 16 through which the marking elements may pass. These marking elements consist of two pairs of cutters 17 and 18 adjustably mounted in the tracks 15 and 16. Between square with the strips. Extending from the shanks 2O are reduced portions 24 which pass through the tracks 15 and 16 andy terminate in small projections 25 forming the cutting elements. The cutters are locked 1n adjusted position to the side strips by screws 26 passing through longitudinal slots 27 formed in the strips and elongated slots 28 formed in the reduced portions 24 of the cutters. Thus, the pairs of cutters may be adjusted to the proper distance from each other to indicate the length of thebutts and for indicatingthe widtli of the butts, ythe blades 19 may be adjusted intheproper position transverse to the strips. A longitudinal slot 29 in each kblade through which the clamping screws pass, permits lthis adjustment. When the gage is so adjusted, the y door 8 maybejacked up'` in position adjacent to the jambg 9, and the gage applied to the door and jamb by inserting the blades 19 through the space between the door and 'sides and endsk of the yblades 19. By running the usual carpenters gage along "the door and jamb to connect the marks made at the ends of the blades 19, the buttsV are entirely laid out. It will thus be seen that I have provided a gage with which a door and a jamb may be marked simultaneously to indicate the position of the hinges without necessitating any further fitting. The gage may be adjusted to one size of hinge and then used over and over again without further adjustment. The labor involved hitherto in fitting the hinges to the doors is thus avoided and great saving in time and effort is thereby attained.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Let-y Patented Oct. 27, `1914. Application led August 8, 1913. Serial No. 783,676.

to mark the door and jamb simultaneously to indicate the position of a. hinge thereon land the exact length thereof.

2. A gage for marking doors and jambs comprising a frame having a longitudinal slot therein constituting a track, two pairs of cutters yin said track, fastening means passing through the slot in the frame and through the cutters for adjustably'holdingg the latter spaced from each other, said outters being adapted to marl; the door'and" jainb sinnlltaneo-usly to indicate the position of the hinge. Y

3. A gage for marking doors `and ja-mbs comprising a frame and two pairs of cutv ters adjustable in saidefralne and adapted to niark the door and jainbsiinulta-neoufslf to indicate the position of a hinge thereon, and a blade held between'eaoh pair of cutters and adapted to pas'si'n'to the space be'-l tween the door and'jani'b. V t

A. A gage for marking doors and' ja'lnbs comprisingv a frame and two vpa'irs of Cutters adjustable in said `frame and adapted to marl: the doonand= jainb siniult'anebnsly to indicate'the position of a'hingeV thereon,` and a blade adjustablv` held betweeneaeh pair of cutters and adapted'tol pass into the space between the'dor and ja1nb l I 5. In a device of the oharactrdeseribed; a kframe comprising two side strips', two pairs ofcutters adiusta-bl'5`7 held to the'frarne between -the strips. yeach cutter Comprising a shank having aA shoulder engaging the edge of the adjacent side strip, a 4reduced portion passing' through between 4the side strips, and a eutter portionetending there from, said cutters being -'adapted'to niark the door and, jarnb simultaneously to indicate the position'v of thehinge. V o

6. In a device ofl the character deseribed', a' frame eornprising apa-ir of Vside strips having lonz'gltudinall slots, end pieces spacing l the side strips from each other, cutters extending throughy the frame between the side strips, fastening means passing through the islots'and through the cutters to adjustably -hold the latter to the frame, a blade adjust- LablT held between each pair of cutters, the blade adapted to pass into the space between the door and jainb and the cutters being adapted to mark the door and jamb simultaneously to indicate the positionv of the hinge. l v

'Y'.` 'In a device of the charaoter described;

a frame comprising azpair' of side strips havinglongitudinal slots', endl pieces spacing the sldestrlps from eachother, cuttersl eX- tending through thefraine between the side ingrn'eans passing also through theslot' in' the blade', theblade being adapted topass into the space between the door and Janib" and the Cutters Abeing adapted to marl; the door and jarnb simultaneously to 'indicate the position of 'the' hinge;

i Signed at' New Yoikeity, in the countyl bf New Yorlnand State of New York,' this @th dajfof August, A.v D; i JAMES DICK.

l llitne'sses;Y Y Y FRANK M. ASHLEY, MINNIE S. M'ILLER. 

